INTRODUCTION

Unless noted
otherwise, information on this web page is from original research by Gary B.
Speck.However, much information in
these ghost town listings is quoted from postings to the Rootsweb Missouri Ghost Town discussion forum
(MO-GT), and that information is indicated as follows.Specific information and/or personal
comments will be appropriately credited with either names or initials, like
(MF) {Mike Flannigan}, or (GBS) {Me}. In some cases, I didn’t save the name,
so those will be indicated as MO-GT.

If you know of any Missouri ghost town
location not listed on these pages, please contact the MO-GT discussion
forum, if you are a member.If you are
not a member, please contactmeand I’ll pass
on the information to the group.If
you are interested in Missouri
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Please note that some
minor editing for editorial consistency and spelling WAS made, as well as
spelling out of directions (N, SE, NNW, etc), and numbers less than ten.

Highways are marked
thus...

CR
– County Roads

SH
– State Highway

US
– US Highway

I
– Interstate Highway

Locations marked with
a $
indicate an admission fee is charged to visit the site.

Unless noted
otherwise, all indicated population figures are from the 1990 census.

GNISstands for the US Geologic Survey’s Geographic
Names Information System.

Many of these listed
locations may be just rural post offices, country churches, schools, forts,
stage stations, crossroads stores, mills or river fords, rather than what we
normally consider towns.The reason
for that is that many of these smaller locations had small communities grow
up around the main business.

Memories
of the past glory of these one-time active communities still float like dust
in the wind over Missouri’s
hillsides and prairie.The winds of
time that created these ghosts reach deep into America's Heartland and those
gentle zephyrs take those past memories and deposit them in front of
you.Reach out and grab them!Without further ado, let’s visit some of Missouri’s many
hundreds of ghost towns!

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THE
GHOSTS

SITE NAME

POPULATION

1990

U.N.O.

DESCRIPTION & LOCATION

ASH LANDING

A car stop
on the St Francois County Electric Railroad at PacaAshburns residence.

There is an AshburnCemetery
southwest of FrenchVillage, but it might
have little to do with this.(Mike
Flannigan)

BARRY TOWN

A short distance from Doe Run.

This might be about
1.5 miles west of Doe Run.(Mike
Flannigan)

BIG RIVER MILLS

AKA
– Georges Mill, Tyler Mill

Located on the Big River.Built in 1825.

This is probably about
two miles southeast of Bonne Terre.

(Mike Flannigan)

According to the 1888 Goodspeed’sHistory of Franklin,
Jefferson, Washington,
Crawford & Gasconade Counties,
Missouri, this
pioneering settlement was established in 1796. (GBS)

BLAIRSVILLE

Located one mile north of Bismark.The plat was filed on April 14, 1858.

This looks like an
interesting place.There is a very large
cemetery nearby.(Mike Flannigan)

BLUE GOOSE HILL

Blue Goose Hill is
located around the 800 block of West
Main St. in Park Hills. Refers to an old tavern
that was there named the Blue Goose. (L Patterson, Jan 20, 2004)

BOGYTOWN

Once located outside
the limits of Bonne Terre.

BONNE TERRE MINE

Just outside the town
of Bonne Terre, about 60 miles south of St. Louis. This
1864-1961 era lead mine now attracts SCUBA divers into some of its 17 miles
of flooded tunnels. $

CANTWELL

Now part of Desloge.

CEDARFALLS

Location not
determined

CLARDY

A stop on the St
Francois Co. Electric Railroad, about one mile west of Farmington.

CRAWFORDTOWN

Located near Doe Run.

CRAWLEY BOTTOM

Located in northwestern St. FrancoisTownship.
(Mike Flannigan)

Along the FlatRiver
creek, by Haney, Reuter & Crane Sts.

(L Patterson, Jan 20,
2004)

DENTS SETTLEMENT

AKA
– Dents Station

Located south of Bismark on the Missouri-Pacific Railroad.

DENTS STATION

…SEE
Dents Settlement

DOE RUN JUNCTION

Located five miles southwest of Farmington.

This appears to be
just over one mile southeast of Doe Run. (MF)

DOGTOWN

A mining settlement.
Located not determined

ELECTRIC PLACE

AKA
– Power House

Located in southern St FrancoisTownship. The St. Francois Electric
Railroad generating station was there. Surveyed in 1907.

ELVINS

1548 (1980)

DEAD NAME…On Jan 01, 1994, it was incorporated into
the town of Park Hills.

ESTHER

1038 (1980)

DEAD NAME…On Jan 01, 1994, it was incorporated into
the town of Park Hills.

FAIRVIEW ACRES

Now part of FlatRiver,
which itself is now a DEAD NAME, as onJan 01, 1994, it was incorporated into the town of Park Hills.

FEDERAL

Not listed in the 1986
Rand McNally atlas, it was listed in 1995 as a part of Park Hills.It is located on the south edge of that
community, west of Leadington, and southeast of Rivermines.

FLATRIVER

4474 (1980)

DEAD NAME…On Jan 01, 1994, it was incorporated into
the town of Park Hills.

FOUR HOUSETOWN

DEAD NAME...Now
called Leadington.

GUMBO

100

Located between Park
Hills and Leadwood, my grandparents lived there. The tornado of 1957
also went thru there.

(L Patterson, Jan 20,
2004)

HAGGAI

AKA–Fairview,
Hog Eye

Located between Doe
Run and IronMountain.

HAWKIN FORD

Located on the St FrancoisRiver
near Snake Den.

We should be able to
find this one, but I can’t. (Mike Flannigan)

HERODS FORD

Over Big River at Desloge.

HIGHLEY FORD

A crossing between
Leadwood and Potosi on BigRiver.

HIGHLY HEIGHTS

Now part of Desloge.

HUNT

Located on the St Francois Co Electric Railroad
near Ash Hill.

This might be near Leadwood.
(Mike Flannigan)

HURRYVILLE

60

Located about three miles east of Leadington, east of Park Hills on the Missouri Pacific
Railroad.

JAY-BIRDTOWN

Jay-BirdTown was near, and absorbed into, FlatRiver.
(M. Flannigan)

KNAUSS

A stop on the St
Francois Co Electric Railroad on the Knauss farm.

LEDBETTERS

Located on the St
Francois Co Electric Railroad near Farmington.

MISSOURI MINE

Located on US 32, near
the town of FlatRiver at the north end of St.JoeState Park, this SHS is the site of the lead-milling complex for the
St. Joe Mine.

MITCHELL

100

(25 – 1980)

Located about a mile
south of Leadwood and about four miles west of Park Hills.It had 25 folks in 1980, but 100 in 1990.

MOONTOWN

Once located near Bonne Terre.Sure would like to find this one.(Mike Flannigan)

MoonTown
is located (on the) south edge of Bonne Terre on rock quarry hill.Parks salvage is on top.(Angie, May 31, 2001)

MORRIS TOWN

Located just west of
Doe Run.

WelbournTown
was also in this area.I think these
are near GermanCemetery, but I'm not
sure.(Mike Flannigan)

O’MEARA

A station on the
Missouri-Pacific Railroad five miles southeast of Farmington.

PEACH ORCHARD

Location not determined

PIMVILLE

Located on the Pim
Tract.

Looks like this may be
a little southeast of Derby.(Mike Flannigan)

POWER HOUSE

...SEE Electric
Place

PRATT

Located on the St Francois Co Electric Railroad
in St FrancoisTownship.

Probably located near
Bonne Terre.(Mike Flannigan)

REDONIONTOWN

Located at Red Onion Lead Shaft.This is barely south of Leadington.
(Mike Flannigan)

My 82-year old father
says it is about where the KFC is in Leadington and
there used to be a cave by the same name. (L Patterson, Jan 20, 2004)

A municipality that
has been incorporated into Park Hills.Due west of FlatRiver on Old 32.(L Patterson, Jan 20, 2004)

This was our Dec 2007
Ghost Town of the Month

SAINTE WILLIAMS

Located on the Saline Valley Railroad near Libertyville.

This is a fascinating
area.Somebody should know about
this.(MF)

SARCY

Located on the Missouri-Pacific
Railroad.

SCAGGSTOWN

Located east of Doe
Run.

SNYDERS FORD

Located on Terre Blue
Creek near the east side of MarionTownship.

STOBTOWN

Location not
determined

SWINK

A stop on the St Francois Co Electric Railroad
at the Swink farm.

This might be located
near Womack.(Mike Flannigan)

TAYLOR

Located on the St
Francois Co Electric Railroad.

THREE-TOWN

This I am not sure, but
I think it is off of CR P just on the outskirts of Desloge, an
old miner's settlement, a bunch of small houses.

(L Patterson,
01/20/2004)

TURPIN

Located in PendletonTownship.

This is probably very
close to Delassus.Might even be Delassus.(Mike Flannigan)

WELBOURNTOWN

Located west of Doe
Run.

WHITENER

A stop on the St
Francois Co Electric Railroad on the Whitener farm.

WOODLANDPARK

Located 3.5 miles northwest of Farmington.

Sounds like this is near
the drive-in theater northwest of Farmington.(Mike Flannigan)

MORE INFORMATION

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IMPORTANT

These listings and historical vignettes of ghost
towns, near-ghost towns and other historical sites in MISSOURI above
are for informational purposes only, and should NOT be construed to grant permission to
trespass, metal detect, relic or treasure hunt at any of the listed sites.

If the reader of this guide is a metal detector
user and plans to use this guide to locate sites for metal detecting or relic
hunting, it is theREADER'Sresponsibility
to obtain written permission from the legal property owners. Please be
advised, that any state or nationally owned sites will probably be off-limits
to metal detector use. Also be aware of any federal, state or local laws
restricting the same.

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LAST UPDATE: Jan 05, 2008

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